Crime · Bedford Precinct

Reported crime in central Bedford Precinct

Name: Bedford Precinct crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

9,117 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 169 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

9,117

Rate / 1,000

169

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,460	38%
Anti social behaviour	1,473	16%
Shoplifting	1,174	13%
Criminal damage and arson	646	7%
Public order	548	6%
Other theft	526	6%
Drugs	246	3%
Burglary	240	3%
Bicycle theft	232	3%
Vehicle crime	172	2%
Other crime	137	2%
Possession of weapons	96	1%
Robbery	89	1%
Theft from the person	78	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	280	278	277	283	296	272	315	254	269	303	349	284	3460
Anti social behaviour	169	126	125	100	86	100	105	127	173	107	134	121	1473
Shoplifting	118	51	82	52	64	75	98	130	81	150	144	129	1174
Criminal damage and arson	55	70	49	48	59	65	49	51	42	59	43	56	646
Public order	34	56	52	38	54	41	48	40	60	37	48	40	548
Other theft	56	47	46	45	42	46	47	46	43	34	28	46	526
Drugs	19	18	21	23	17	15	24	21	24	19	21	24	246
Burglary	19	9	12	14	24	33	29	15	18	16	27	24	240
Bicycle theft	24	23	19	11	13	21	11	9	16	29	33	23	232
Vehicle crime	6	10	10	14	12	23	21	19	22	16	8	11	172
Other crime	7	10	7	11	4	10	20	17	12	14	9	16	137
Possession of weapons	7	6	10	7	4	6	11	8	10	12	6	9	96
Robbery	11	7	5	4	11	6	4	6	7	8	12	8	89
Theft from the person	8	9	8	4	10	2	10	4	5	5	3	10	78
Total	813	720	723	654	696	715	792	747	782	809	865	801	9117

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Bedford Precinct, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 53,975.